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There’s no luck in physics. When the sun and the moon and the Earth aligned this week, an Alaska Airlines jet was in the right place at the right time to catch the total solar eclipse. The March 8 rendezvous over the Pacific Ocean was not luck, but a precisely planned equation. The calculations began a year ago. The only variable was the plane. NEW: WATCH THE ECLIPSE VIDEO Video by Mike Kentrianakis/American Astronomical… Read More